Bromelia karatas L.

  • Filed As

    Bromeliaceae
    Bromelia karatas L.

  • Collector(s)

    Saunders, Janice 747, 12 Dec 1980

  • Location

    Honduras. Colon. Capuchin site north, beach thickets. 1.8 mi. Strip on the north bank of rio Guaimoreto between old bridge and opening of Laguna Gualmoreto 4.5 mi. NE of Trujillo on old road to Castilla.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2021.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 3854059

    Occurrence ID: 719d23ae-c6c3-4e78-9e51-c36c0c82d651

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Poales

  • Family

    Bromeliaceae

  • All Determinations

    Bromelia karatas L.

  • Region

    Central America

  • Country

    Honduras

  • State/Province

    Colon

  • Locality

    Capuchin site north, beach thickets. 1.8 mi. Strip on the north bank of rio Guaimoreto between old bridge and opening of Laguna Gualmoreto 4.5 mi. NE of Trujillo on old road to Castilla.

  • Coordinates

    15.9583, -85.9083

  • Location Notes

    [Mexico & Central America]

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Bromelia Maratas L.
Terrestrial; fruits pale yellow and green, fibrous;
bracts "brown pubescent, seeds deep brown shiny; 30-1+0
fruits in center of whorled leaves; fruitsjuicy, acid
taste; eaten by capuchin monkeys; leaves arching, bright
green above, whitish green below.
Capuchin site north, beach thickets.
1.8 mi. Strip on the north bank of rio Guaimoreto between old bridge and opening of Laguna Gual-
moreto 4.5 mi. NE of Trujillo on old road to Castilla. Lat. 15» 57' 30” N; Long. 85« 54’ 30” W.
JANICE SAUNDERS
7^7	dates 12 Dec. 1980
"piñuela”
PLANTS OF HONDURAS
Departamento de Colón
BR0MELIACEAE
Capuchin feeding study by John S. Buckley under auspices of Dept, of Anthropology, Univ. of Texas
at Austin and Instituto Hondureno de Antropología e Historia.
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